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Titanfall 2 Multiplayer Technical Test Impressions (XB1/PS4)

Got my own Scorch Goose.

Thanks Izuna for the inspiration :D

lmao dude. hurry up and join the good side

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Finally broke 3k Bounty
 
If you're just sprinting you're playing this game wrong.

The boost jump mechanics are like an active reload for your movement. It feels so good when you time it right and it helps you be a harder target out in the open too.
 
Got a clip of the scorch goose?

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THINGS I LOVE:

- The lethality of all weapons (everything is useful)
- Hipfire is great; keeps the speed up
- Grappling hook is a ton of fun
- Guns and Titans feel great to use (fundamental of any shooter)
- Slide is awesome

THINGS I WISH DIDN'T EXIST:

- Pilots being highlighted green or red
- Pilot vs Pilot shouldn't exist
- There shouldn't be a kill and deposit phase in bounty hunter; it slows the game down
- 3rd Person animations, but I've grown used to it
- Firebase map
- Would rather Titans start with a shield a battery removal takes it away

THINGS I HATE:

- Three lane map design
- Rodeo mechanic is very limited
- The game is coming out between BF1 and COD

My thoughts so far

Pretty much agree with everything said here especially about Bounty Hunt. I just want a TDM with Titans! Sure, keep AI in! :( I've lost matches for my team due to me forgetting to deposit.

I hope Respawn releases a proper demo and showcases other maps. I'm OK with what we've seen but they're definitely not made for chaining wallruns and such.

Three-lane map design I gather is good for CoD players and those who like arcade shooters? Just guessing here, but there's a reason why Treyarch keeps on doing it for every one of their CoD games (it works without people calling them out constantly that X side has an advantage).

I love this game. Bounty Hunt feels so much better this weekend now that the Titans feel better. The core gameplay feels really solid and fun. I'm someone that never got a chance to play the first and this is now one of my most anticipated games this year.

My few recommendations for changes:

-Allow players to choose human/robot and male/female for their pilots

-Titans should have electric smoke charged and ready to go as soon as they drop

-Rodeo needs a few tweaks. Let Titans start with a shield as long as they have a battery. It's very strange that you can pick up your own battery after taking out the pilot who stole it and be stronger than you were before hand. If they already have a shield, allow for an overcharge.

-If a pilot is carrying a battery, they can throw a grenade in before the battery has been removed from a fresh Titan. Something needs to be done about that.

-It shouldn't be so easy to grapple onto a Titan and rodeo immediately after jumping off.

-The tacticals that aren't grapple need to be buffed so that they feel more worthwhile.

I hope there's custom skins for each class. I don't want to look like that Hook class with those legs from Kingsman's evil secretary. And yeah, agreed with the rodeo thing. Once you jump on, it's super easy to just jump back on,

Stim and the rest of the classes feel inadequate compared to the hook. I love the stim one, but it needs a buff. Least one I see used is the hologram one, which is kinda obvious as to why.

So kill them when they get out?

I think it adds a good element when you have a team that works together at it. Just right now seems like a lot of people don't know how they work or how to use them. So many people run past them and don't bother trying to assist the titans on their team.

Exactly. Although, the games I play now, people hunt for batteries. Respawn should have a proper tutorial on how this all works, which I think they will.

Got my own Scorch Goose.

Thanks Izuna for the inspiration :D

Holy crap! That's awesome! :D And that player messaged you after? O_o I'm guessing he's also telling people how the game sucks now thanks to what you did. LOL!
 
Not fair, I don't get any hate mail =(

They always come lol.

Pretty much agree with everything said here especially about Bounty Hunt. I just want a TDM with Titans! Sure, keep AI in! :( I've lost matches for my team due to me forgetting to deposit.

I hope Respawn releases a proper demo and showcases other maps. I'm OK with what we've seen but they're definitely not made for chaining wallruns and such.

Three-lane map design I gather is good for CoD players and those who like arcade shooters? Just guessing here, but there's a reason why Treyarch keeps on doing it for every one of their CoD games (it works without people calling them out constantly that X side has an advantage).



I hope there's custom skins for each class. I don't want to look like that Hook class with those legs from Kingsman's evil secretary. And yeah, agreed with the rodeo thing. Once you jump on, it's super easy to just jump back on,

Stim and the rest of the classes feel inadequate compared to the hook. I love the stim one, but it needs a buff. Least one I see used is the hologram one, which is kinda obvious as to why.



Exactly. Although, the games I play now, people hunt for batteries. Respawn should have a proper tutorial on how this all works, which I think they will.



Holy crap! That's awesome! :D And that player messaged you after? O_o I'm guessing he's also telling people how the game sucks now thanks to what you did. LOL!

I'd love a standard TDM that promotes MOVEMENT.

Thanks :), but that guy didn't didn't send me anything. The recent hate mail came from another match lol.

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Right now camping is a bit too useful. I'd like to see that mitigated at launch.
 
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Cobalt Izuna/video/20989632 <-- dropping on Titan lol

I am getting ~3000 almost every game now.

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The Alternator is broken af imo

watch this lmao: http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Cobalt Izuna/video/20989680 <-- I like this 'nade

Man, that is so juicy. I love dropping Titans on others.

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For anyone that likes using Titans a lot: I recommend you use Phase Embark - IT IS VERY HELPFUL.

I can get in and out within seconds and basically just pick batteries without worry.

Aha, I remember now! Pretty sure I played Destiny with him at some point.

Apologies for doing terribly, it was my second game xD

We did play Destiny lol.
 
Do we know if there's going to be any more visual customisation in the full game? Alternate helmets? Colours? Anything?

I've been enjoying the beta, but unlocks are what keep me playing.
 
They always come lol.



I'd love a standard TDM that promotes MOVEMENT.

Thanks :), but that guy didn't didn't send me anything. The recent hate mail came from another match lol.

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Right now camping is a bit too useful. I'd like to see that mitigated at launch.

Super OK with that. TDM with a little objective but not that much? Haha! :D



It's going to be a long 2 months :(

Same. That said, there's the BF1 Beta to tide people over. I kinda am curious what unlocks the Titans and Pilots have.

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Cobalt Izuna/video/20989632 <-- dropping on Titan lol

I am getting ~3000 almost every game now.

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The Alternator is broken af imo

watch this lmao: http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Cobalt Izuna/video/20989680 <-- I like this 'nade

That second clip was nasty! Shuriken them in and fucking shotgun to the face! To the face! Haha! Is the grenade better than the charge laser for Titans? I mostly use the laser since I can use it long range. I sometimes use the grenade launcher and find it easier to deal cluster damage and faster.

Man, that is so juicy. I love dropping Titans on others.

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For anyone that likes using Titans a lot: I recommend you use Phase Embark - IT IS VERY HELPFUL.

I can get in and out within seconds and basically just pick batteries without worry.



We did play Destiny lol.

Ah, really? Used it once and thought the health regen was more essential. Might give it a try.

And yeah, dropping a Titan on another insta kills them, right? Managed to get a bounty that way. Haha!

:( And the max bounty is $1000. :(

You guys are nuts! I get antsy just carrying $600+ since I know if I die, I could tip the scales.

Do we know if there's going to be any more visual customisation in the full game? Alternate helmets? Colours? Anything?

I've been enjoying the beta, but unlocks are what keep me playing.

From what I understand, Respawn will do other forms of micro-transactions since they are giving away all maps and modes for free. I gather, those might be it? Unless they put Titans behind a paywall, which will seriously break the game.
 
That second clip was nasty! Shuriken them in and fucking shotgun to the face! To the face! Haha! Is the grenade better than the charge laser for Titans? I mostly use the laser since I can use it long range. I sometimes use the grenade launcher and find it easier to deal cluster damage and faster.

Charge Rifle seems to be bugged, it does almost no damage at all sadly. =(

Mag Launcher also homes in. I'm not sure if it still does for Spectres though.
 
Do we know if there's going to be any more visual customisation in the full game? Alternate helmets? Colours? Anything?

I've been enjoying the beta, but unlocks are what keep me playing.

I think the technical term for the quantity of customizations that will be available is "shit ton."
 
I think the technical term for the quantity of customizations that will be available is "shit ton."

Haha!

Can you provide an example of what can be changed? There's more options than in the beta, right? Helmets? Armor? Colour schemes?

Like, Overwatch has a shit ton of unlockables, but realistically most of them are sprays, which are no good.
 
It's fine, I guess. I just wish the win bounty was higher and killing pilots/titans gave you more. Or fuck, Attrition.

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http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Cobalt Izuna/video/20990303

I love it when people think Scorch is ass. Much better than the other Titan imo.

That was clean! I always played as Ogre in TF1 so Scorch is perfect for me. Though, I do miss my 40mm lol.

Super OK with that. TDM with a little objective but not that much? Haha! :D





Same. That said, there's the BF1 Beta to tide people over. I kinda am curious what unlocks the Titans and Pilots have.



That second clip was nasty! Shuriken them in and fucking shotgun to the face! To the face! Haha! Is the grenade better than the charge laser for Titans? I mostly use the laser since I can use it long range. I sometimes use the grenade launcher and find it easier to deal cluster damage and faster.



Ah, really? Used it once and thought the health regen was more essential. Might give it a try.

And yeah, dropping a Titan on another insta kills them, right? Managed to get a bounty that way. Haha!



You guys are nuts! I get antsy just carrying $600+ since I know if I die, I could tip the scales.



From what I understand, Respawn will do other forms of micro-transactions since they are giving away all maps and modes for free. I gather, those might be it? Unless they put Titans behind a paywall, which will seriously break the game.

Yeah dropping a Tiitan is an insta-kill. Don't really care for health regen - the difference is not significant. With Warp Embark, I can get in and out of my Titan without any worry of long animations. In one match I refreshed my health and shield 3 times from quarter to full.

Batteries are kinda growing on me, haha.

I think the technical term for the quantity of customizations that will be available is "shit ton."

PLEASE let us customize Pilot body. I don't want to be a robot to just use the hook.
 
Battery system is stupid, its so out of place in a game like Titanfall, it just slows things down and it's counter intuitive to objective based mode as it forces too much focus to be spent on the retrieval and passing of batteries by multiple players, and in many cases it's just not helpful with how the titans are positioned
 
Had a crazy round of Bounty. I'm not really a big TF player but somehow I came out top on our team. Lots of rodeoing and battery passing to team mates in this video since I love the mechanic so much.

Here's the video starting where it gets good.

I only called in 2 Titans this game because the 1st run I had was crazy -- I must've killed at least 2 other Titans by myself and done significant damage to 5+ more. I also ended up killing something like 5 or 6 pilots in this single Titan run since so many people were trying to rodeo me. My favourite moment had to be when a pilot finally did rodeo me and I disembarked, killed them, took the battery they dropped, and got back into my Titan. Hah!

Ended up cashing the final $400 that capped the win for us. Really enjoying TF2 TT so far!

For everyone concerned about the TTK, I wonder if there might be a pilot kit that allows for more damage (of a general type or even specific damage types) to be taken? Think back to IW COD games... Remember the Juggernaut perk in COD4?

One thing I wish that was more clear is when an enemy Titan has their battery removed and you're able to drop a grenade into the battery socket when rodeoing. I might just be missing the cue for it on the UI, if it exists, but I'd really like to know when it's exposed so I have more purposeful choice as a player. Sometimes I want to be able to jump into a rodeo with the explicit purpose of doing damage.
 
Another thing I forgot to mention is that Amped Hardpoint feels kind of empty. It needs a little something else to make it shine. I'm surprised at that because those sorts of modes are usually my favorite.
 
Pretty much agree with everything said here especially about Bounty Hunt. I just want a TDM with Titans! Sure, keep AI in! :( I've lost matches for my team due to me forgetting to deposit.

What do others think? TDM with or without AI?
 

Think we're running the same build lol.

And yeah, Scorch = the best between Ion and Scorch. Ion can beat Scorch at range, obviously, but so many bads.....

And I'm not even on you and Odysseus level I imagine, but still taking down 2 to 3 to 4 Titans 'fore Scorch goes down.

What do others think? TDM with or without AI?

TDM with AI imo. Allows my idiot friends to play who suck. As it is now, I can't recommend the game to them.
 
One thing I am EXTREMELY happy about is the fact that getting a Titan is a lot quicker now. There is constant action.

Hopefully they keep this for retail.
 
everyone loving the Scorch now. The biggest, clunkiest, slowest Titan they have and everyone loves it. This is what happens when people judge and start complaining before having any significant time with something. I'm guilty as well.
 
It's easy to say "oh, it's a good game on it's own, stop judging it against TF1". While that may or may not be true, the problem is that a lot of people liked TF1 because it really was something pretty separate from what most shooters were doing at the time. This may be a perfectly fine game in its own right, but I honestly can't say it's all that different feeling than games I've otherwise gotten tired of or avoided in the past. There's just nothing there for me, and that's depressing given what this series was.
 
everyone loving the Scorch now. The biggest, clunkiest, slowest Titan they have and everyone loves it. This is what happens when people judge and start complaining before having any significant time with something. I'm guilty as well.
I didn't like him at first but he's a blast now.
 
everyone loving the Scorch now. The biggest, clunkiest, slowest Titan they have and everyone loves it. This is what happens when people judge and start complaining before having any significant time with something. I'm guilty as well.

Scorch also has a bullshit ability that will probably get nerfed that makes him almost impossible to rodeo.
 
What do others think? TDM with or without AI?

With AI...though having both options wouldn't hurt if it's possible.

I think Attrition was a really clever and unique twist on traditional TDM. It seems like a subtle enough difference but it really changes the game IMO.

I'm just glad to hear someone from Respawn give some indication that Attrition or something similar is under consideration.
 
The thing I don't get about argonomic's question..

TDM without AI is uhh....... uh... Pilot v Pilot? It sounds like AI isn't in that mode yet... why do they have two modes the same?



TDM with AI sounds like Pilot Hunter. Not Attrition.

I'm assuming be means TDM with titans.
 
I'm assuming be means TDM with titans.

Oops yea you're right.. I'm dumb. It was the mode name that threw me off I was thinking about CoD not Titanfall. But yeah, AI should be in all modes except Pilot v Pilot. They give bad players a sense of contribution and liven up the battlefield aswell as help get your titans and other benefits.
 
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